Comments on: The taxman cometh — with hand in your pocket

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:12:11 +0000

cllea- “FORTUNE “Best Companies to Work For” Rankings

Our team members have chosen us as one of FORTUNE® magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the last 15 years.
•2013: ranked #71
•2012: ranked #32
•2011: ranked #24
•2010: ranked #18
•2009: ranked #22
•2008: ranked #16
•2007: ranked #5
•2006: ranked #15
•2005: ranked #30
•2004: ranked #47
•2003: ranked #32
•2002: ranked #48
•2001: ranked #41
•2000: ranked #72
•1999: ranked #48
•1998: ranked #34

“Our Team Members are the heart and soul of this company: that’s our not-so-secret sauce. Our more than 65,000 talented Team Members put us on this list, and we appreciate each and every one of them for their dedication to our company’s mission. They are empowered, bold and passionate and they make great things happen for our customers, communities, supplier partners, investors, environment and themselves each and every day.”—Walter Robb, Co-CEO

FORTUNE cited one of the reasons Whole Foods Market again made the list is our equitable pay structure, noting that we cap salaries of executives at 19 times the average full-time salary. We also made FORTUNE’s “Most Diverse” list — with a workforce made up of 44% women and 43% minorities — along with the “Best Perks” list for offering gym membership discounts, compressed workweeks and gay-friendly policies and benefits. Offering Team Members 100% paid health care premiums landed us on a list of companies with the best health care benefits. We are one of only 13 companies that have made the list every year since its inception in 1998.
**************cllea-everyone loved Whole Foods until the CEO spoke out about Obamacare.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:57:16 +0000

Ed-Please show where there is opinion and not facts in this article. Thank you!

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:22:44 +0000

LINK - Dr. Benjamin Carson Addresses National Prayer Breakfast, Criticizes Obamacare

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:18:07 +0000

EVELYN, RE BEN CARSON Obama prayer breakfast speech - LINK - CNN's Crowley Asks Panel If Dr. Carson's Speech Was "Offensive"

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:03:39 +0000

OBAMA’S NEW INTERIOR SECRETARY NOMINEE RECEIVED OBAMACARE WAIVER FOR HER COMPANY - HERE

By: DB Smith

DB Smith — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:29:21 +0000

Yep and Obomba auntie will be covered too.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:20:59 +0000

Immigration reform could add millions of people under Obama health law - HERE

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:36:30 +0000

I would be quite happy to make an offering to the gods of Obamacare the politicians themselves!

By: DB Smith

DB Smith — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:25:55 +0000

Evelyn, I don’t think it would be out of line for the American taxpayer to DEMAND that every one of our elected politicians from the bottom to the top, be denied any healthcare coverage if they smoke anything! And on second thought we should throw in alcohol and some other things as well.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:13:59 +0000

"‘Obamacare’ to hit smokers with huge penalties" - HERE - The Affordable Care Act, which critics have also called “Obamacare”, could subject smokers to premiums that are 50 percent higher than usual, starting next Jan 1. Health insurers will be allowed to charge smokers penalties that overweight Americans or those with other health conditions would not be subjected to. A 60-year-old smoker could pay penalties as high as $5,100, in addition to the premiums, the Associated Press reports. A 55-year-old smoker’s penalty could reach $4,250. The older a smoker is, the higher the penalty will be.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:47:26 +0000

Forced taxation is theft. Period! It will always be . . . You can’t put chocolate on a turd and call it candy.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:18:48 +0000

SEVERAL EXAMPLES of 2013 “TAX RELIEF” (aka Pork & Bribes) - • $14.3 billion for a two-year extension of the corporate research credit benefiting large technology companies like IBM and Hewlett Packard. • $12.2 billion one-year extension of the production tax credit for wind power. • $11.2 billion two- year extension of the active financing exception, which lets GE, Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and Citigroup Inc. (C), among others, defer taxes on financing income they earn outside the U.S. • $1.9 billion extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit for hiring workers from disadvantaged groups, benefitting mega-restaurant chains like McDonalds. • $650 million tax credit for manufacturing energy-efficient appliances, benefitting mega-corps like Whirlpool. • $430 million for Hollywood through “special expensing rules” to encourage TV and film production in the United States. Producers can expense up to $15 million of costs for their projects. NBC thanks you. • $331 million for railroads by allowing short-line and regional operators to claim a tax credit up to 50% of the cost to maintain tracks that they own or lease. • $248 million in special expensing rules for films and television programs. • $78 million for NASCAR by extending a “7-year cost recovery period for certain motorsports racing track facilities.” • $59 million for algae growers through tax credits to encourage production of “cellulosic biofuel” at up to $1.01 per gallon. • $4 million for electric motorcycle makers by expanding an existing green-energy tax credit for buyers of plug-in vehicles to include electric motorbikes.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:03:53 +0000

TAX INCREASES THAT BECAME LAW IN 2013 UNDER 2010 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT:
• Top personal income tax rate, from 35% to 41%
• Estate tax, from 35% to 40%
• Capital gains tax, from 15% to 23,8%
• Dividend tax, from 15% to 23,8%
• Medical device tax, 2.3%
• Payroll tax, from 10,4% to 12.4%
• ObamaCare payroll tax surcharge, 0.9%

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:02:51 +0000

cllea, in questioning my motivation you appear to suggest your own answer.

By: cllea

cllea — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:29:20 +0000

Evelyn, you are very good at submitting links, but you never add your comments. What motivates you? Don’t be intimidated by your online friends, ok? This Billion $ CEO you speak of, pays minimum wage and no healthcare and he’s your good guy, right? (as long as he attacks our President).

By: Ed Atorr

Ed Atorr — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:41:00 +0000

Sorry, this editorial piece got placed in the news section accidentally.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:24:40 +0000

Whole Foods CEO says Obama healthcare law is 'more like fascism' - HERE